Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 17) Posted on June 10, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The bacterial chromosome is usually _____________ Circular and multiple Linear and single Linear and multiple Circular and single 2. _______________ are the horizontal hyphae connecting fungal colonies Basidia Stolons Sporangia Conidiophores 3. _____________ is a club-shaped structure that produces basidiospores Basidium Conidiophore Sporangium Ascus 4. The term “virus” was popularized by ___________ Joseph Lister Alexander Fleming Martinus Beijerinck Robert Koch 5. Bacteriophages are ___________ Viruses that infect fungi Bacteria that infect viruses Bacteria that infect fungi Viruses that infect bacteria 6. ___________________ act as storage vessel for reserve materials in bacterial cells Capsule Inclusion body Cell wall Flagellum 7. ___________________ is the scientist credited with discovering viruses Alexander Fleming Robert Koch Dmitri Ivanovsky Louis Pasteur 8. Amoebae move using ________________ Flagella Cilia Pseudopodia Undulating membrane 9. ____________ is the active, feeding, and multiplying stage of a protozoan Virion Spore Trophozoite Capsule 10. Sexual spores of Ascomycota are called ______________ Basidiospores Ascospores Zygospores Conidia Loading … Question 1 of 10